Every introvert knows this feeling of always being in a constant battle between wanting to be alone to recharge and feeling this pressure to be more outgoing and social. It’s exhausting. Your friends and family might not get it. They think you’re being anti-social or that something’s wrong with you just because you’d rather stay in and read a book than go to a crowded party.
Here is a collection of 50 best introvert quotes that explore the intriguing world of introversion. Whether you consider yourself an introvert or an extrovert curious about the introverted perspective, you will definitely find something useful in here.
1. “Silence is not empty. It’s full of answers.” – Unknown
2. “Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to hell.” – Criss Jami
3. “Never assume quiet is weak and loud is strong.” – Unknown
4. “Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured… Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.” – Susan Cain
5. “Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.” – Cheryl Strayed
6. “An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.” – Walter Bagehot
7. “When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me.” – Albert Einstein
8. “Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward.” – Eliot Kay
9. “Solitude matters. And for some people it is the air that they breathe.” – Susan Cain
10. “Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” – Pablo Picassio
11. “It’s never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it’s time to realize it with introverts.” – Susan Cain
12. “I restore myself when I’m alone.’ – Marilyn Monroe
13. “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.” -Albert Einstein
14. “The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it’s a Broadway spotlight, for others, a lamplit desk. ” – Susan Cain
15. “Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again.” – Anais Nin
16. “I’m an introvert…… I love being myself, love being outdoors, love being taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers the sky.” – Audrey Hepburn
17. “Take time to be quiet.” – Zig Ziglar
18. “I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.” – Beyonce Knowles
19. ” I don’t want to be alone. I want to be left alone.” – Audrey Hepburn
20. “Quiet people have the loudest minds.” – Stephen Hawking
21. “If you can’t be kind, be quiet.” – Unknown
22. “Kindly remove yourself from my personal space. Thanks.” – Gemma Correll
23. “I came, I saw, I left early.” – Unknown
24. “Think and wonder, wonder and think.” -Dr. Suess
25. “I kinda live where I find myself.” – Bob Dylan
26. “The limited circle is pure.” – Franz Kafka
27. “I think a lot but I don’t say much.” – Anne Frank
28. “Never be afraid to sit for a while and think.” – Lorraine Hansberry
29. “Loneliness is failed solitude.” – Sherry Turkle
30. “Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.” – Liv Tyler
31. “My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.” – Edith Sitwell
32. “The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before.”- Francis Philip Wernig
33. “Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.” – Susan Cain
34. “Being weird, independent and loving solitude are not limitations. They are superpowers.” – Maxime Lagace
35. “Your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
36. “Introverts, the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.” – Susan Cain
37. “You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.” – Criss Jami
38. “Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.” – Laurie Helgoe
39. “Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity’s greatest achievements.” -Susan Cain
40. “Since when is solitude one of the Seven Deadly Sins?” – Susan Cain
41. “In terms of like, instant relief, cancelling plans is like heroin.” – John Mulaney
42. “Whew, that was close. I almost had to socialize.” – Unknown
43. “The happiest of life is a busy solitude.” – Voltaire
44. “Please kindly go away, I am introverting” – Unknown
45. “I don’t hate people. I just feel better when they aren’t around.” – Charles Bukowski
46. “Much of the answers already exist internally but the world is seeking them externally.” – Maxim Lagace
47. “As an introvert, you crave intimate moments and deep connections – and those aren’t found in a crowd.” – Jenn Granneman
48. “Confident introverts don’t avoid social situations. They just make wiese choices.” – Unknown
49. “Being silent is fine. Accept that and shine your own way.” – Maxime Lagace
50. “I’m not anti-social. I’m pro-solitude.” – Unknown
These carefully curated best introvert quotes captures the essence of introversion providing comfort, validation and empowerment to all the introverts. These quotes reminds us that introversion is not a flaw to be corrected but a unique quality to be celebrated.
Please do share this collection of best introvert quotes with your ‘quiet’ friends and family members.
